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Finchley 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Senile Mortality.
Of the 285 deaths registered, 66 were of persons over 70
years of age.
The proportion of deaths occurring among those over 70 years of age to the total deaths was therefore 23.1 per cent.
| 65 and under 70. | 70 and under 80. | 80 and under 90. | 90 and upwards. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Quarter | 6 | 12 | 8 | – | 26 |
| Second Quarter | 3 | 9 | 2 | – | 14 |
| Third Quarter | 5 | 5 | 7 | – | 17 |
| Fourth Quarter | 9 | 16 | 7 | – | 32 |
| 23 | 42 | 24 | – | 89 |
Epidemic or Zymotic Mortality.
The diseases grouped together in the Registrar General's
Reports under the term Principal Epidemic Diseases are Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fewer, Whooping-cough, Diphtheria,
"Fever" (including Typhus, Enteric or Typhoid Fever, and
Simple Continued Fever), and Diarrhoea.
The Epidemic Death- Rate for 1905 was 0.63, as against
1.72 in 1904, and 0.54 in 1903. The average rate for the ten
years 1895 to 1904 was 1.28.
The low rate of 1905 is accounted for by the absence of
any severe epidemic of Measles or summer Diarrhœa.